For many years now, AMG have been churning out ballistic machines with hand-built engines. The cars sole purpose has been to generate power, noise, and tire smoke. Now though, there's a new generation of AMG vehicles and one of the interesting spots in the lineup is occupied by the CLA45 AMG.

It's a compact sedan that's shaped a bit like a coupe and offers up turbocharged four-cylinder goodness. That doesn't sound like something that the mad minds at AMG would cook up... until you realize that this is one of the most powerful four-cylinder engines ever created.

Still, is it the real AMG experience or is it merely a budget pretender? Let's watch...